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Socrates of Constantinople stated Ethiopia was one of region preached by Matthew the Apostle where a specific mention of "Ethiopia south of the Caspian Sea". [3] 1st century – according to the New Testament book Acts, 8:26–27, [4] Christianity was entered to Ethiopia by means of Philip the Evangelist via baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch. [5]
Christianity in Ethiopia is the country's largest religion with members making up 68% of the population. [3] Christianity in Ethiopia dates back to the ancient Kingdom of Aksum, when the King Ezana first adopted the faith in the 4th century AD. This makes Ethiopia one of the first regions in the world to officially adopt Christianity. [4] [5]
Christianity first spread in the predominantly Greek-speaking eastern half of the Roman Empire.The Apostles traveled extensively throughout the empire, establishing communities in major cities and regions, with the first community appearing in Jerusalem, followed by communities in Antioch, Ethiopia and others.
This is a list of the abunas of Ethiopia, the spiritual heads of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The Abuna of Ethiopia is known officially as His Holiness Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia, Archbishop of Axum and Ichege of the See of St. Tekle Haymanot. The current Abuna, Mathias, acceded to this position on 28 February 2013. [1]
The first verifiable kingdom of great power to rise in Ethiopia was that of Axum in the 1st century CE. It was one of many successor kingdoms to Dʿmt and was able to unite the northern Ethiopian Highlands beginning around the 1st century BCE. They established bases on the northern highlands of the Ethiopian Plateau and from there expanded ...
The Kingdom of Aksum in present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea was one of the first Christian countries in the world, having officially adopted Christianity as the state religion in the 4th century. [3] The Ethiopian Empire was the only region of Africa to survive the expansion of Islam as a Christian state before European colonization.
c. 543 – Makuria (Chalcedonian), Nobatia and Alodia (Coptic Church) c. 550 – Suebi return from Arian to Chalcedonian; c. 558 – Christianization of Ireland (Celtic Church) c. 563 – Picts (Celtic Church) [9] c. 568 – Lombards (Arian Church) 569 – Garamantes (Chalcedonian Church) 589 – Visigoths go from Arian to Chalcedonian
The Ethiopian Church does not call for circumcision, yet it is a cultural practice, [83] as is abstention from pork and other meats deemed unclean. It is not regarded as being necessary to salvation. The liturgy mentions, "let us not be circumcised like the Jews." [84] The Ethiopian Orthodox Church observes days of ritual purification.